Report: David Wright, Mets Reach Agreement On Largest Contract In Team History

Summary of 8 articles · Updated Nov 30, 2012

Third baseman David Wright is the recipient of the largest contract in New York Mets history. Last night third-baseman David Wright agreed to a $138 million contract extension, making him the owner of the "largest contract in New York Mets history." This … (more)is the way David Wright wanted it. This is technically true, in that $138 million is the largest number ever put in the same article as the phrase "Mets contract." Given that, one imagines that any Mets fans with a long enough memory might feel sick to their stomach right now, no matter how badly they wanted their team to retain Wright. Finally, after all these years the Mets are going to have their legacy player, the homegrown star who finishes what he started in Queens and puts up numbers that will stand in the team record book for years, perhaps decades. Remember in 2009 when Avatar made, like, $760 billion, and you were all like, "Holy shit, Avatar just made the most money of all time!" And then your dick movie-geek friend told you that, adjusted for inflation, Avatar was actually just the 14th-highest grossing movie of all time? And the highest was actually almost four hours long and from 1939?

David Wright deal a start, but NY Mets also need to adopt winning attitude

Finally, after all these years the Mets are going to have their legacy player, the homegrown star who finishes what he started in Queens and puts up numbers that will stand in the team record book for years, perhaps decades.

No, That Was Not The Largest Contract In Mets History: Ruining Everyone's Fun Through Inflation Adjustment

Remember in 2009 when Avatar made, like, $760 billion, and you were all like, "Holy shit, Avatar just made the most money of all time!" And then your dick movie-geek friend told you that, adjusted for inflation, Avatar was actually just the 14…